Cooking appliance with self-cleaning function, preferably with steam function, particularly preferably an oven/steam cooker combination appliance

Abstract

A cooking appliance with a self-cleaning function includes: a cooking chamber partially formed by an inner enclosure; a cleaning device for cleaning the cooking chamber, the cleaning device including a delivery device and a distribution device; a closure element for closing and clearing an access opening of the cooking chamber; and at least one cooking chamber seal disposed in a cooking chamber groove of the cooking appliance such that the at least one cooking chamber seal faces the closure element, the cooking chamber groove being formed by the inner enclosure and/or by a front housing wall of the cooking appliance. The cooking chamber seal, at least in some sections, has at least one slot extending along a principal direction of extent thereof, the at least one slot being open inwardly in a mounting direction and/or outwardly in a direction opposite the mounting direction.

1 . A cooking appliance with a self-cleaning function, comprising:
 a cooking chamber partially formed by an inner enclosure;   a cleaning device for cleaning the cooking chamber, the cleaning device including a delivery device and a distribution device;   a closure element configured to close and clear an access opening of the cooking chamber; and   at least one cooking chamber seal disposed in a cooking chamber groove of the cooking appliance such that the at least one cooking chamber seal faces the closure element, the cooking chamber groove being formed by the inner enclosure and/or by a front housing wall of the cooking appliance,   wherein the cooking chamber seal, at least in some sections, has at least one slot extending along a principal direction of extent thereof, the at least one slot being open inwardly in a mounting direction and/or outwardly in a direction opposite the mounting direction.   
     
     
         2 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one slot is open outwardly in a direction opposite the mounting direction, and
 wherein the at least one slot is filled, at least in some sections, by a clamping element such that the cooking chamber seal is pressed against sides of the cooking chamber groove perpendicularly to the mounting direction.   
     
     
         3 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one slot is formed only along a lower edge of the inner enclosure, and
 wherein the clamping element is disposed exactly along the lower edge of the inner enclosure.   
     
     
         4 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one slot has a constriction perpendicular to the mounting direction,
 wherein the clamping element has a clamping edge and a neck that is thinner than the clamping edge perpendicularly to the mounting direction, and   wherein the constriction of the at least one slot positively holds the clamping element by the clamping edge.   
     
     
         5 . The cooking appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one slot of the cooking chamber seal has, at least on one side, a recess formed in the mounting direction and facing the closure element, and
 wherein the clamping element has, at least on one side, an outer edge facing the closure element, the outer edge(s) being partially or completely received, in the mounting direction, by the recess of the cooking chamber seal.   
     
     
         6 . The cooking appliance of  claim 5 , wherein a front face of the clamping element facing the closure element is set back in relation to the cooking chamber seal. 
     
     
         7 . The cooking appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the cooking chamber seal and a front face of the clamping element facing the closure element together form a smooth surface. 
     
     
         8 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one slot is open inwardly in the mounting direction, and
 wherein the at least one slot is continuous along a principal direction of extent of the cooking chamber seal.   
     
     
         9 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal has a flush surface opposite the at least one slot. 
     
     
         10 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal has a sealing lip for a front housing wall, which sealing lip engages the front housing wall in the mounting direction. 
     
     
         11 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal has a corrugated contact surface which engages a front housing wall perpendicularly to the mounting direction. 
     
     
         12 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal has a sealing lip for the closure element, which sealing lip is configured to engage an inside of the closure element in a direction opposite the mounting direction. 
     
     
         13 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal has a sealing lip for an inner cooking chamber side of the cooking chamber, which sealing lip engages an inner cooking chamber side of the cooking chamber perpendicularly to the mounting direction. 
     
     
         14 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking chamber seal is formed as a single piece and/or comprises an elastic material. 
     
     
         15 . A cooking chamber seal for the cooking appliance of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         16 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the self-cleaning function comprises a steam function. 
     
     
         17 . The cooking appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cooking appliance comprises an oven/steam cooker combination appliance. 
     
     
         18 . The cooking appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one slot of the cooking chamber seal has, on both sides, the recess formed in the mounting direction and facing the closure element, and
 wherein the clamping element has, on both sides, the outer edge facing the closure element.